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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1967
Page
2
Canadians debate foreign ownership and the path to greater Canadian control of industry. The article notes per capita investment comparisons, explains possible timidity, and argues for more transparent disclosure and government action to boost Canadian ownership and reduce reliance on U.S. investment.
The auto insurance industry of Canada plans a Centennial project in Ottawa next August. One hundred young Canadians will convene to discuss reducing deaths and injuries among drivers aged 16 to 25. They hope to obtain fresh input from youths on factors beyond driver training. Some provincial discussions suggest tests are lenient, liquor access is easy, and policing is strong. A key remark: maturity, not just skill, is essential to curb high accident rates among the very young. The industry even imagines mental fitness tests as a future licensing prerequisite alongside driving knowledge.
Canada’s gross national product rose 10.9 percent in 1966 to 57.8 billion, aided by strong domestic demand and export sales. Price increases averaged 4.6 percent, reducing real growth to 5.9 percent. 1965’s GNP was 51.996 billion with a 6.9 percent real gain. Labor income rose about 13 percent. consumer spending up nine percent. foreign demand up 15 percent. farm income up 34 percent amid a record grain crop. Industrial disputes cost nearly 5,300,000 man-days as wage growth outpaced productivity.
Roland Michener was appointed as Canada's 20th governor general by the Queen on the advice of the Canadian government. The Lacombe born Rhodes Scholar, former MP for Toronto St Pauls, already served as high commissioner to India since 1964 and will be 67 next week.
Nova Scotia Premier Stanfield said he has no interest in federal politics and will remain in Nova Scotia. He avoided commenting on the Progressive Conservative Party leadership and did not outline any role for himself at the national convention in Toronto. He spoke in Winnipeg as a provincial representative during a Manitoba PC event.
Heads Chamber N.S. Bergman of Brandon was elected as president of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce for the 1967 68 term. He replaces F. W. Evans of Winnipeg. Elections were held daatay Bas Chasioer's anemal.
Canada Post announces a commemorative stamp for Governor-General Georges P. Vanier to be issued September 15, 1967. The date marks the oath of office in 1959 and the stamp increases the year’s commemoratives to ten, with schedules adjusted for Ontario announcements and centennial plans.
A Manitoba fire in a Pembina Mountain homestead killed a 23 year old and a 17 year old and left their father gravely injured. The three Ontario newcomers slept on blankets over hay in a shanty when smoke alarmed the father who dragged his sons outside before collapsing. Neighbors rushed to aid as the bodies were recovered and Dr Baldwin attended the scene. The incident prompted sympathy and curiosity in the local community.
The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce urged federal and provincial governments to study operating a state lottery to finance hospitals. Delegates also called for eliminating estate taxes, upgrading highways, and free ambulance service for northern Manitoba residents. They supported a province wide driver education program for teenagers and removal of prescription drugs from Manitoba’s five percent sales tax.
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